Cool vintage photos... Type 3's

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This is a brand spanking new Fasty!

Looks like a '66

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Pre-production US-spec Squareback. From my dad's huge family photo collection; a 720 dpi scan of a Kodachrome slide. Taken in 1964 at our home in Southern Calif. north of Santa Monica. Dad was a field service engineer for VW Pacific in Culver City. VW imported some Squarebacks one or two years before the original market introduction (late '65? for '66 model year) to be distributed among the employees for evaluation, and for service and Parts market preparation. It's possible that it was designated for my mother who first learned to drive a few years earlier in a Dodge Valiant, though she never mastered a manual transmission. Dad's regular Beetle company car is next to it. The flowers are mom's talent.

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Very cool, I wonder what year it was... Maybe 1964?
Ask your dad if it had dual carbs, which would be 64 and later

It's not "pre-production" just pre- USA sales.

You are correct about the late 65 sales here.
One article with a mention:

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Thanks for the Weathervane article, Everett. It's been several years since I scanned the slide from the original Kodak box, so it'd be a chore to search for it among dozens of others in case dad wrote the dates on the box... which he usually did. I'm fairly certain it's '64, which would also make the engine a dual-carb. My dad passed away 40 years ago .

I have another of dad's photos which is a close-up, showing the Beetle is a '63 due to the T engine handle and the rounded, not wide lic. plate light. Mom and I are in the shot, which is why I don't want to post it.

Vehicle manufacturers send out lists of VIN ranges for each officially-imported or certified model to state DMV offices to enable owners/customers to register the vehicle. This activity is done after the model has been type-approved and certified for the US market, taking place prior to the official sales start date. The Squareback has conventional Calif plates, not manufacturer plates. So that's another clue the photo was in '64 based on the Weathervane's model announcement, and that the '63 Beetle was kept well after the transition to '64's.

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The fastback above looks really level to me as opposed to the normal stock look of the front being a bit higher.
I wonder if they had a full tank and some stuff loaded up front?

Is it just me or are there no side markers?
I see a glare there on the side but it looks like it's not a side marker
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yeah, looks like a tourist '67 to me, with front trunk loaded with luggage
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Here is a better view, thanks to PS: